You’ve got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life. ~ Lynn Davies
You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it’s like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body. ~ Bode Miller
When money comes in at the gate, sport flies out at the window. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it’s the best feeling in the world. ~ Shawn Johnson
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved. ~ Chris Brasher
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on a higher goal, on the most important thing in his life, which is his education or his vocation. ~ Avery Brundage
The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things. ~ Bonnie Blair
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. ~ Dawn Fraser
The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams. ~ Kyle Shewfelt
The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that’s wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us. ~ John Williams
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. ~ Pierre de Coubertin
The medals don’t mean anything and the glory doesn’t last. It’s all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee
The benefit is competition, the thrill of playing in the Olympics, being an Olympian, playing against the best. ~ Joe Sakic
Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. ~ Avery Brundage
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be! ~ Epictetus
One of the things I learned from working on the Olympics was, the world does not need another big multimedia show. ~ Laurie Anderson
One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it’s different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance. ~ Bode Miller
Olympics for me is love, peace, united. ~ Jackie Chan
Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.~ Joseph Heller
It’s something special to break the world record at the Olympics. ~ David Rudisha
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this. ~ Willie Mays
In digital world, sport provides opportunity to bring people together. ~ Edwin Moses
If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best. ~ Jesse Owens
I think the Olympics could help us reach more people. ~ Graeme Murphy
I know there’s life after the Olympics. ~ Eric Shanteau
I don’t rank competitions – every single one is the Olympics to me. ~ Blanka Vlasic
I don’t know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that’s the fun thing of the Olympics – you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully. ~ Kristi Yamaguchi
I am still young. I have a lot of time. And if someone breaks my records in the future, I won’t cry. That’s sport. ~ Noureddine Morceli
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth. ~ Mary Lou Retton
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. ~ Richard M. Nixon
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed. ~ Jackie Chan
At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country. ~ Shannon Miller
At the Olympics in China, every color was represented… and that was just the drinking water. ~ Evan Sayet
An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics. ~ Jeff Fenech.
All sport… is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged. ~ Spiro T. Agnew
A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport. ~ Pierre de Coubertin
The modern Olympic Games are major international events featuring summer and winter sports in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world’s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Games are currently held biennially, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, meaning they each occur every four years. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.~ Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympics
